... ghtly over weight, normal alcohol intake and reasonable healthy diet. I feel fine. However, I have a severe anxiety when going to the doctor especially having my bloodpressure taken. ... (4 replies)

... Diabetes for over 20 years. About 10 years ago, I was getting a lot weaker and a lot worse. I started taking my bloodpressure, at home, and found out, to my great surprise, that I had high bloodpressure. I had no idea. ... (23 replies)

... How's that for a tadbloid-like headline!
It's almost true though. Hyzaar was the culprit. 3 weeks ago I ended up in the ER with a potassium level of 2.8 (anything less than 3.5 is considered low) and an irregular heart beat. I had been sick with diarrhea and vomiting, had worked out at the gym 4 times (sweat drenchers) that week and had taken my meds dutifully. At the... (9 replies)

... He said that the bottom number was way too low, and he didn't think I had true high bloodpressure. I called my own dr. the next morning, and he panicked. He put me on 160 mgs. of lisinopril and 10 mgs. of Norvasc. ... (9 replies)

... My mother side of the family has suffered with high BP and hypertension and they all complained about the buzzing in the ears. I have high BP but have never had the buzzing but I remember as a child my mom and my grandmom complaining of that...Lisa (5 replies)

... I have never had a problem before and am 39 years old. I asked if they were ringing because of the bloodpressure and he said no that probably my bloodpressure was high because I was bothered by the noise in my head. I will be having some hearing test next week. ... (5 replies)

... Here's a question for you.
As an embarassingly thin teenager, my bloodpressure averaged 100/110 over like 60.
Now that I'm 32 (and if you read my other post about working for a defense contractor), it has shot up to 150/80. I am also 6 inches taller and almost 90 lbs heaver (currently 6'2", 205), and I study kung fu and tai chi.
My bloodpressure was measured at... (1 replies)

... Thanks very much AnnD, your reply absolutely blew up my mind; and you got very strong points. I will now only take 2 readings and will average it out; i just took a quick one and it was 138/88, and 3 minutes later 128/88 ( and this was after dinner + heavy exercise prior to dinner ). I will take BP more consistently (following specific time of the day from now on)
2months... (6 replies)

... First, let me thank you fellow forum members, a big thank you! I have been lurking this forum since my HBP diagnosis a few months ago and have learned a lot from you. Thank you for being there, for sustaining this amazing support community.
It would be great if someone more experienced than I could lend me a hand in figuring out what happened last night.
Ok. Iím 35 years... (0 replies)